Social Interview With A 20-Year-Old College Student

There are people who on the outside are not sociable, because these people are shy. However, there is a difference between shyness and introversion. Shy people often avoid many things because they are nervous or they criticize themselves for speaking up. Introverts, however, will not be nervous or criticize themselves. Both shyness and being introverted are acceptable traits. It only becomes a problem when a person has a social anxiety disorder that significantly interferes with a person’s life. We want and need people to be the quiet thinkers who can go off by themselves come up with an idea and bring it back to a

Susan Cain’s book “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.” Cain explains how introverts and extroverts is normally wrong for our culture. She also describes that shy people can still love social interactions, while outgoing people can still have some fear towards social are independent criticism/ failure of some sort. This means that introverts can be interested in others, friendly, and socially interactive. On the other hand, people can become overstimulated via their social environments quicker than an extroverted person.

Since I was young, there was a communication barrier that existed between me and the outside world. My shyness led me to many downfalls on my academic side. Not understanding a topic would mean that I would never be able to clarify any questions that were on my mind. Until around 6th grade, I always considered myself introverted; I had the inability to blend in with strangers, peers and teachers.

Some people are, of course, more extraverted than others, and to different degrees. We can understand extraversion as varying in extent on anintroversion-extraversion scale. A person witha lower level of extraversion may be described asanintrovert. Introverts feel more comfortable when socialising in small groups, and with peoplewho they are familiar with. They may find demanding social gatherings to be draining, and be reluctant to draw attention to themselves in

An example of how I am very extroverted is best seen in my ELD class. I get lots of friends and two kindly teachers. I was a shy and introverted girl before I came to ELD 3 class. Mr. Bui always said that, “I want to improve you to become better because we are a team.” This event changed me as a person, because it was when I started to a better person as possible as I can be. It was at this moment I realized truism ever since then, I have become more extroverted, due to my warm and friendly teacher and classmate. I will never forget all the memories in ELD class. This year, you will see that I will have more friends in my last year of Cupertino high school.

I bring this up because I believe a shift is happening in our culture where we are becoming more aware of introversion and allowing introverts to thrive in their environments and not

It wasn’t until high school where I began to break the shell I had put around myself, I began to explore outside my comfort zone, and I actively wanted to make friends. I began joining clubs and tried talking to a variety of different people, and while I would still not consider myself an extrovert I enjoy my time I spend with people and through these club I discovered new passions such as debate and politics and even reinstated my schools debate club just so I could help other people learn how to make their opinion known and understood by the

Extroverts prefer the spotlight, work well in teams, and socialize in groups. Introverts are typically sensitive, and work better alone. It “is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and pathology,”

Growing up an introvert was hard; I would always be the kid who sat in the back and kept her head down waiting for class to end trying to skip out on having to share. Everything about speaking to groups of people was slightly terrifying for me. Whether it was reading my answers out loud in class or even presenting a project to a crowded room it would cause me to have anxiety. I was always like this until my senior year of high school. Senior year truly helped me break out of my shell.

As for socially, I am considered by many to be shy but this is not really the case at all. Rather, I prefer to keep my mouth shut unless I have something I feel needs to be said. One of my pet peeves is people who just say things to either get a rise from others, or if they just talk because they are bored. I choose my friends carefully, and I have a small number of good, close friends, instead of a large number of people I barely know. I have never been one to follow the crowd, not by choice, but after years of feeling like I didn’t quite fit in with many other people, I just gave up. Anyone who couldn’t accept me for the way I am raises no concerns of mine. I do not need people like that in my life.

I can’t name a specific time when it became apparent to me that I was becoming more outgoing. Like I said, it was gradual. But now-a-days, I’m not so afraid to stand out. In fact, I’ve pretty much decided that fear is not an option. I won’t take fear for an answer- if that makes any sense. No fear is my mantra.

But as I got older and began understanding myself more, I began to question such criticisms and exclamations. I knew I was social; I was able to talk to people, mingle with people I haven’t met, and approach people if I needed their help. But the moment I decided to be alone for a while, people began to see me as unsocial. Did people expect me to constantly be talking to people? How could I possibly do that if I get exhausted from interacting with others, or if I’m just not in the mood to talk? I knew I was introverted, but to me it seemed impossible for anyone, even if they are extroverted, to

Imagine living in a house filled with grasshoppers. Courtney’s biggest fear are grasshoppers because they are creepy and nasty. I interviewed Courtney on August 31st 2016 who is student in my English 11 class. This is the first time i have met and spoke to her. While interviewing Courtney I discovered interesting things about her family life, school interests, and personal hobbies.

According to many psychologists and other social experts, there exist two major social behaviors that are widely adopted globally by a person as they mature into young adulthood: extraversion or introversion. Extroverts are expressive individuals who appear to be energized and enjoy seeking activities that involve socialization with others where as a reserved individual (introvert) prefers solitary pursuits where he or she often partakes in a favorite pastime. In her novel Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life is Your Hidden Strength, Laurie Helgoe statistically explores the fact that more than one half of the American populace claims to be reticent and encourages those folks to embrace their natural selves (“Book Details” 1). Introverts

I was not always a social and outgoing individual and I considered myself unlucky in life. I never stood out and did not have enough confidence to attempt to